WATCH: New Trailer For Richard Ayoade’s ‘The Double’

Last September we brought you the first trailer for The Double, the second feature film to be directed by The IT Crowd’sRichard Ayoade, starring Jesse Eisenberg from The Social Network.

Now, a longer, creepier trailer has been released, in which the full unpleasantness of Jesse’s doppelganger, who is working to unpick his ordered existence, is set against an unpleasant fairy story involving a snake:

The Double, based on a novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky, has a U.S. release date of May 9, and also stars Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Noah Taylor and James Fox.

Fraser McAlpine

Fraser has been writing and broadcasting about music and popular culture for over 15 years, first at the Top of the Pops website, and most recently for the NME, Guardian and MSN. He also wrote BBC Radio 1's Chart Blog and reviews albums for BBC Radio 2.
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